A happy lockdown weekend

 15.8. 2021

 

We have had a weekend of glorious sunshine and warm temperatures.  The new seasons vegetables are sprouting and the trees are in blossom. A mob of over 20 huge, yellow tailed, black cockatoos are making a lot of noise as they wheel around overhear and as the sun sets I have spotted a few swallows. It is all very peaceful and enjoyable.

 

There is so much to do here that we scarcely notice that we are in lock down. It has lasted over a week now and new cases in the community are stubbornly still occurring.  Our regional areas are now released but unfortunately, we are just on the city side of the border as far as lockdown boundaries are concerned. We are just out of the city area for deliveries so we miss out both ways.  NSW has a much worse situation and the whole of the state is now in lockdown.  Numbers of new cases are still climbing there, too.  

 

Our sheep are gradually accepting the new Persian ram.  At first, they would not even come up for food.  The brown sheep missed a whole week of meals before hunger overcame fear.  The first of this season’s goat kids have arrived.  Rita had twin girls, one black and one white. A real Yin and Yang pair.  I have started to train them how to drink from a bottle when their mother has gone off to graze. Some goats return to the shed to feed their kids at lunch time but not Rita!

 

Josh has been building. First, he helped Stevo put up the edgings on the car port roof and now he is constructing a demountable room down by the ruins. At the moment he is living in Indi’s caravan and just using the house for showers and most meals.  It is a great help having him back around again.  We have got so much done with his help. He is ready to get his own bee hives but the lockdown has slowed everything down. He has managed to put eggs to incubate and hopefully we will get chicks in a week’s time. 

 

It was Ollie’s birthday this weekend and sadly lockdown rules prevented us having a family gathering.  We have not been able to celebrate any birthdays since April when we met up for Pele and Yeshe.  I have a pile of cards and stuff I got ready for a planned mass birthday party at Bo’s place but sadly it had to be cancelled. Edd and I were so lucky that we had a day out when we fetched the ram. It is lovely here but a change of scenery also helps.